Ok so it's a fic about production of a pantomime that includes David Mitchell and James Acaster. However, instead of being about a fairy tale, this panto is about primordial greek deities. David Mitchell is playing Hypnos, the personification of sleep, while James Acaster is playing Eros, the god of love/attraction.
Ok so that's the setting. THE PLOT IS that one day in the middle of a performance, that thing happens that happened in that one Buffy Halloween episode - everybody is turned into who they're costumed as.
My favourite part is the one where David Mitchell/Hypnos figures out how to make people have specific dreams, and James Acaster/Eros dares him to make another cast member dream about giraffes. Only giraffes. But then David just turns around and makes James dream about nothing but giraffes. James complains in increasingly hilarious ways - like the kind of complaint that sounds like "please do this more - to the point that David starts genuinely looking forward to his latest objection/protestation. One day he giggles and things Escalate.
David Mitchell/James Acaster giraffe fic
Ok so that's the setting. THE PLOT IS that one day in the middle of a performance, that thing happens that happened in that one Buffy Halloween episode - everybody is turned into who they're costumed as.
My favourite part is the one where David Mitchell/Hypnos figures out how to make people have specific dreams, and James Acaster/Eros dares him to make another cast member dream about giraffes. Only giraffes. But then David just turns around and makes James dream about nothing but giraffes. James complains in increasingly hilarious ways - like the kind of complaint that sounds like "please do this more - to the point that David starts genuinely looking forward to his latest objection/protestation. One day he giggles and things Escalate.